As an executive at Columbia and RCA Records, he popularized the classics for mass audiences by applying the same techniques used to sell pop music. By Adam Nossiter R. Peter Munves, a record company ...

Classical music picks up the pace in Wilmington this week when the Vivace International Music Festival returns Thursday for its second season of solo and chamber music performances and masterclasses ...

Across at least a dozen interviews spanning more than two decades, Zakir Hussain is nothing if not consistent. In just about every conversation he’s preparing to fly off to India or has just returned ...

Clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien take on Carl Maria von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant—a piece as bold and virtuosic as its name suggests. It’s a spirited musical conversation between ...

Twenty famous masterpieces by the most important composers in history are brought closer to the viewer through first class concert broadcasts. Examples from the musical scores help the viewer to ...

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, Yoko Shimomura was torn between career paths. Classically trained since the age of 3 and raised in a family of piano players, Shimomura had ...

If you're an iPhone owner who subscribes to a local symphony orchestra or has a favorite Brahms concerto, you'll fall in love with Apple Music Classical instantly. If you’re an iPhone owner smitten ...

Like U.S. history, classical music has become a new front in the culture wars as musicians and music institutions grapple with the legacies of racism. With most performing arts organizations shuttered ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Reporter’s Notebook The company says it has a fix for the unwieldy world of classical streaming. But it’s unclear how much traction a stand-alone app ...

With soloists Leonidas Kavakos, Emmanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma on violin, piano and cello respectively coming together to form a mighty trio of classical musicians, audiences are in for a treat, regardless ...